Ford's new five-year global waste reduction strategy calls for a 40
percent per vehicle reduction in the amount of waste sent to landfill
between 2011 and 2016 -- equal to just 13.4 pounds per vehicle
worldwide

The new five-year global waste reduction strategy encompasses Ford's
overall "Reduce, reuse and recycle" commitment that applies to all facets
of the company, from the vehicles it makes to the facilities where they are
made

Plan builds on the success the company saw between 2007 and 2011, when
the amount of waste sent to landfill per vehicle dropped from 37.9 to 22.7
pounds -- a 40 percent reduction

Cutting waste-to-landfill at Ford's Van Dyke Transmission Plant has
always been important to workers there, but they weren't satisfied until
last fall, when a small, diligent local committee played a major role in
solving a nagging 10-ton problem.

The solution -- a way to keep 10 tons' worth of
8-foot-long, 350-pound fabric coolant filters from being landfilled monthly
-- means the Van Dyke facility is Ford's first North American
zero waste-to-landfill transmission plant and now diverts a total of 15
tons of waste-from-landfill monthly.

Moreover, the solution exemplifies how Ford already is making progress
on plans to reduce the amount of waste-to-landfill from its facilities
worldwide as outlined in the company's new five-year global waste reduction
strategy. Under the plan, waste-to-landfill will drop to just 13.4 pounds
-- or by 40 percent -- per vehicle by 2016.

The comprehensive strategy covers all angles of Ford's waste reduction
plans -- from working with global suppliers to use more
eco-friendly packaging, to enabling employees such as those at Van Dyke to
play an active role in coming up with ways to help Ford reach its goals.
Even kitchen waste is addressed.

"Reducing waste is a crucial part of our strategy toward building a
world-class manufacturing system," said John
Fleming, executive vice president, Global Manufacturing and Labor
Affairs. "By applying standard waste reduction processes across our global
facilities, we are, through our actions -- and not just words
-- improving the quality of life where we do business."

There can also be financial benefits: In 2012, Ford generated $225 million in revenue through the recycling of
568,000 tons of scrap metal in the U.S. and Canada alone.

The resulting financial and environmental benefits mean Ford's new
five-year global waste reduction strategy encompasses the company's overall
"Reduce, reuse and recycle" commitment that applies to everything from the
vehicles it builds to the facilities where they are made.

The new strategy also builds on the success the company saw between 2007
and 2011, when the amount of waste sent to landfill per vehicle dropped
from 37.9 to 22.7 pounds -- a 40 percent reduction. Reductions
were accomplished through the launch of new initiatives and programs, such
as paint waste recycling at facilities in Australia, Thailand, India
and Spain.

Ford plans to continue reducing the amount of waste-to-landfill by
emphasizing prevention, minimization, reuse and recycle of waste whenever
possible. Specific actions include trying to reduce or eliminate the amount
of certain kinds of waste from entering Ford facilities in the first
place.

Other actions identified as key near-term goals for waste reduction at
Ford facilities around the world include:

Identifying the five largest volume waste-to-landfill streams at each
plant, developing plans to reduce each and tracking progress

Minimizing waste by leveraging the Ford production system
-- a continuously improving, flexible and disciplined common
global production system that encompasses a set of principles and processes
to drive lean manufacturing

Improving waste sorting procedures to make recycling and reuse easier

Investing in new technologies that minimize waste, such as
dry-machining

Expanding programs that deal with managing specific kinds of waste like
metallic particles from the grinding process and paint sludge

Dave Lewis, environmental engineer at the
Van Dyke plant, said he believes one particular aspect of the new global
waste strategy could yield the best results -- enabling and
encouraging local personnel to affect change.

"It's very empowering to be able to address a problem that is so
important -- and not just to our plant or our company
-- but society in general," says Lewis. "Without the power to
implement such change, some of the best solutions could never see the light
of day."

Between 2010 and 2012, Van Dyke kept 111 tons of waste from landfill.
Van Dyke became a zero waste-to-landfill plant in late 2012 after the
environmental committee there figured out on their own how to deal with
giant, 8-foot-long, 350-pound fabric coolant filters that were creating 10
tons of waste a month.

The local committee worked with Ford's Powertrain Operations and the
Environmental Quality Office to develop a way to properly manage the waste
filters by finding separate recyclers for the used filters and the
materials they contained post-use. A video showcasing Van Dyke's
waste-to-landfill reduction efforts can be found here.

Robert Brown, vice president,
Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering, said Van Dyke is being
used as a model for Ford facilities around the world, exemplifying how Ford
will succeed in reaching the goals outlined in the new waste reduction
strategy.

"We are always evaluating how our operations handle waste around the
world, and we consider Van Dyke just one of many successes we've had," says
Brown. "We use Van Dyke's waste reduction efforts to not only exemplify
what can be done, but what should be done."

Ford's push to establish more zero waste-to-landfill facilities globally
is one element of the company's commitment to reducing its environmental
impact. Other initiatives include:

Greenhouse gas emissions: Reduce from manufacturing facilities by 30
percent per vehicle between 2010 and 2025

Water use: Reduce the amount used in the manufacture of each vehicle
by 30 percent between 2009 and 2015

Energy consumption: 25 percent reduction in average consumption per
vehicle globally between 2011 and 2016